Parrot paranoia betrays burglars

BBC News ^ | 10/28/2004 | Staff

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Parrot paranoia betrays burglars

The parrot's ability to talk made the burglars fearful

A gang of thieves who burgled a house were swiftly caught by police when they returned for the family's pet parrot.

The three burglars had made a clean getaway when they began to worry that the parrot might give them away after overhearing one of their nicknames.

They returned to the house, in Memphis, Tennessee, US, but were spotted by police as they loaded Marshmallow, a green six-year-old parrot, into a car.

The gang were caught after crashing, but the parrot flew away and escaped.

Police found DVD players, computers, radios, televisions and other electronic equipment stashed in the gang's car.

Parrot power

The group had returned to the scene of the crime after they became worried that the parrot might offer clues to their identities.

During the raid Marshmallow had overheard one the thieves nicknames - 'JJ' - and had been repeating it as they headed off.

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["They were afraid the bird would stool on them," local police Maj Billy Reilly said.]

They should have just nailed 'im to the perch.

[atomicpossum]

Yep. Geniuses.

Beautiful bird, the Norwegian Blue.

[Dasaji]

But where's the parrot? (sniff sniff)

[ArrogantBustard]

dude?

[devane617]

Last year in Dallas Texas a guy was convicted of murder on evidence from a dead parrot. As the owner of the bird was beaten to death the bird bites the criminal on the nose. The criminal kills the bird and leaves. The Dallas cops found DNA of the cirminal in the birds beak. He was convicted.

[lilylangtree]

MORE NOMINEES FOR THE DARWIN AWARD

Please read the following very very carefully so that you will not NOT be on the list next year.

Once again, it's time for the Darwin Award Nominees.

The Darwin's are awarded every year to the persons who died in the most stupid manner, thereby removing themselves from the gene pool.

This year's nine nominees are:

Nominee No. 1: [San Jose Mercury News]:
An unidentified man, using a shotgun like a club to break a former girlfriend's windshield, accidentally shot himself to death when the gun discharged, blowing a hole in his gut.

Nominee No. 2: [Kalamazoo Gazette]:
James Burns, 34, (a mechanic) of Alamo, MI, was killed in March as he was trying to repair what police describe as a "farm-type truck". Burns got a friend to drive the truck on a highway while Burns hung underneath so that he could ascertain the source of a troubling noise. Burns' clothes
caught on something, however, and the other man found Burns "wrapped in the drive shaft."

Nominee No. 3: [Hickory Daily Record]:
Ken Charles Barger, 47, accidentally shot himself to death in December in Newton, NC. Awakening to the sound of a ringing telephone beside his bed, he reached for the phone but grabbed instead a Smith & Wesson 38 Special, which discharged when he drew it to his ear. (For whatever reason, residents of Southern states always seem to figure prominently among the Darwin nominees.)

Nominee No. 4: [UPI, Toronto]:
Police said a lawyer demonstrating the safety of windows in a downtown Toronto skyscraper crashed through a pane with his shoulder and plunged 24 floors to his death. A police spokesman said Garry Hoy, 39, fell into the courtyard of the Toronto Dominion Bank Tower early Friday evening as he was explaining the strength of the building's windows to visiting law students.

Hoy previously has conducted demonstrations of window strength according to police reports. Peter Lawson, managing partner of the firm Holden Day, told the Toronto Sun newspaper that Hoy was "one of the best and brightest"
members of the 200-man association. (Nice to see another Canadian province getting into the awards.... The Maritimes always have been heavily involved.)

Nominee No. 5: [Bloomberg News Service]:
A terrible diet and a room with no ventilation are being blamed for the death of a man who was killed by his own gas emissions. There was no mark on his body, and an autopsy showed large amounts of methane gas in his system. His diet had consisted primarily of beans and cabbage (and a couple
>of other things). It was just the right combination of foods. It appears that the man died in his sleep from breathing the poisonous cloud that was hanging over his bed. Had he been outside or had his windows been opened, it wouldn't have been fatal. But the man was shut up in his nearly airtight bedroom. According to the article, "He was a big man with a huge capacity for creating "this deadly gas." Three of the rescuers got sick, and one was hospitalized.

Nominee No. 6: [The News of the Weird]:
Michael Anderson Godwin made News of the Weird posthumously. He had spent several years awaiting South Carolina's electric chair on a murder conviction before having his sentence reduced to life in prison. While sitting on a metal toilet in his cell attempting to fix his small TV set, he bit into a wire and was electrocuted. (South Carolina entrants are always perennial favorites.)

Nominee No. 7: [The Indianapolis Star]:
A cigarette lighter may have triggered a fatal explosion in Dunkirk, IN. A Jay County man, using a cigarette lighter to check the barrel of a muzzle loader, was killed Monday night when the weapon discharged in his face, sheriff's investigators said. Gregory David Pryor, 19, died in his
parents' rural Dunkirk home at about 11:30 PM. Investigators said Pryor was cleaning a 54-calibre muzzleloader that had not been firing properly. He was using the lighter to look into the barrel when the gunpowder ignited.

Nominee No. 8: [Reuters, Mississauga, Ontario]:
A man cleaning a bird feeder on the balcony of his condominium apartment in this Toronto suburb slipped and fell 23 stories to his death. Stefan Macko, 55, was standing on a wheeled chair when the accident occurred, said
Inspector D'Arcy Honer of the Peel Regional Police. "It appears that the chair moved, and he went over the balcony," Honer said. (Another Ontario entry.... I wonder if people are moving there from the Maritime Provinces.)

And finally ... : [Arkansas Democrat Gazette]:
Two local men were injured when their pickup truck left the road and struck a tree near Cotton Patch on State Highway 38 early Monday. Woodruff County deputy Dovey Snyder reported the accident shortly after midnight Monday. Thurston Poole, 33, of Des Arc, and Billy Ray Wallis, 38, of Little Rock, were returning to Des Arc after a frog gigging trip on an overcast Sunday night when Poole's pickup truck headlights malfunctioned.

The two men concluded that the headlight fuse on the older-model truck had burned out. As a replacement fuse was not available, Wallis noticed that the .22 calibre bullet from his pistol fit perfectly into the fuse box next to the steering-wheel column. Upon inserting the bullet the
headlights again began to operate properly, and the two men proceeded on eastbound toward the White River Bridge.

After traveling approximately 20 miles, and just before crossing the river, the bullet apparently overheated, discharged, and struck Poole in the testicles.

The vehicle swerved sharply right, exiting the pavement, and striking a tree. Poole suffered only minor cuts and abrasions from the accident, but will require extensive surgery to repair the damage to his testicles, which will never operate as intended. Wallis sustained a broken clavicle and was treated and released.

"Thank God we weren't on that bridge when Thurston shot his balls off, or we might both be dead," stated Wallis. "I've been a trooper for 10 years in this part of the world, but this is a first for me. I can't believe that those two would admit how this accident happened," said Snyder.

Upon being notified of the wreck, Lavinia (Poole's wife) asked how many frogs the boys had caught and did anyone get them from the truck???

(Though Poole and Wallis did not die as a result of their misadventure as normally required by Darwin Award Official Rules, it can be argued that Poole DID, in fact, effectively remove himself from the gene pool.)

[najida]

But where's the parrot? (sniff sniff)

If he is anything like mine, he is sitting up in a tree screaming for someone to come get him.

[the_devils_advocate_666]

Already posted here, but thanks for the parrot picture.

[rightazrain]

If that's an actual pic of the bird, too bad they hadn't clipped his wings so he couldn't fly away. That's what I do for my Timneh African Grey. *His name is Caesar.*

[1rudeboy]

Burglar breaks into a house, and is taking the stereo from the living room.
Parrot says, "Jesus is gonna' get you."
Burglar says, "What does a bird know about Jesus?"
Parrot says, "Jesus is a Rottweiler, and he's right behind you."

[Vinnie]

Many yrs ago, I went on a service call to the house of an elderly woman.
On her door was a sign "Caution Attack Parrot'.
Under my breath I was chuckling.
Let me tell you, that parrot was MEAN and tried his/her best to get at me.
The sign was truthful.

[adam_az]

"The two men concluded that the headlight fuse on the older-model truck had burned out. As a replacement fuse was not available, Wallis noticed that the .22 calibre bullet from his pistol fit perfectly into the fuse box next to the steering-wheel column. Upon inserting the bullet the
headlights again began to operate properly, and the two men proceeded on eastbound toward the White River Bridge."

"After traveling approximately 20 miles, and just before crossing the river, the bullet apparently overheated, discharged, and struck Poole in the testicles."


Waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahahahahaha!!!!!!!!!!

[marshmallow]

Sqwwwwwoorrrrkkkkkkkkk!!!

[adam_az]

Google the .22 to the groin story. Snopes says it's urban myth.

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[Beautiful bird, the Norwegian Blue.]

Yes, and speaking of birds that have been nailed to the perch:

 

 

Look, he's pining for the fjords!

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[Beautiful bird, the Norwegian Blue.]

Yes, and speaking of birds that have been nailed to the perch:

 

 

Look, he's pining for the fjords!

[csvset]

There's a video from a local station. Shows the bird and pics of the perps.

Police: Thieves get caught going back to nab stool pigeon parrot

[glasseye]

That would be a blu-front amazon....got one right here....her name is Cyrano-da-bird!

Really more of a flying canopener!

[atomicpossum]

That would be a blu-front amazon....got one right here....her name is Cyrano-da-bird!

We had sun conures for a while. Very sweet when they wanted to be and very vicious when they didn't.